Reference:INDUSTRY PROFILES
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INDUSTRY PROFILES
The following reference works give you profiles, or "snapshots", of an industry as it exists today, or at least as it was when the book was published. These often identify the leading firms in an industry, discuss the dynamics of the industry, and make short term forecasts.
Mergent Online (Click on "Industry Reports" tab)
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (S&P online database)
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Detroit: Gale Publishing.
HC102 .E54 Ref Desk
Encyclopedia of Global Industries. Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
Gives the history, development and current status for 115 world industries. Includes over 500 graphs, tables and charts.
HD2324 .E53 Ref Handbook of North American Industry : NAFTA and the Economies of Its Member Nations. Lanham, MD: Bernan Press.
This work includes articles on the first four years of NAFTA and a brief history of trade among Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The bulk of the work is devoted to statistics describing the current state of industries in each country and the region as a whole. Industries included are agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, and services.
HF1746 .H37
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. New York: Standard and Poor's Corp, quarterly.
For historical information.
A basic analysis of about 20 industries, with financial comparisons of leading firms. HG 4963 P6 Main Book Collection (3rd Floor in Love Library)
U.S. Global Trade Outlook. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
Government Publications, 3rd floor, LL.
Gives overview and forecast to the year 2000 for about 350 manufacturing and service industries. For each industry there is a short narrative description of the current situation. Includes statistical tables for historical trends and short range forecasts. Replaces "U.S. Industrial Outlook." C 61.34/2: 995
U.S. Industry Profiles : USIP : the Leading 100. New York: Gale Research. HD2771 .U8 2nd ed. Ref
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. New York : McGraw-Hill.
This work provides reviews, analyses and forecasts for 50 major U.S. industries and sectors, as well as international trade outlooks. HC101 .U54 Ref
Value Line Investment Survey. New York: A. Dernhard, weekly.
Kept at CPMC Desk, 1st floor. Value Line gives a one page analysis and recommendation for about 1700 heavily traded stocks, and also gives a good overview of about 100 industries. HG 4501 V26 Ref
WEFA Industrial Monitor. New York: John Wiley & Sons. This work gives reviews and forecasts for 130 U.S. industries, including sales, output, export, import, etc. HC101 .W44 Ref
Encyclopedia of American Industries HC102 .E53 Ref (and online as an ebook)
See also Business and Industry Database as well as other business databases. including Mergent which now has industry reviews and IBISWorld USA. Also see Factiva's "Editor's Choice" section.
San Diego County Library (SDCL) has a useful business database called Business and Company Resource Center.
Also see Directory of business periodical special issues (HF5351 .D57 Ref Desk) and STAT-USA database
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